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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
This is a book that will sit with me for a long time.. it's brilliant and disturbing and the author uses some interesting literary devices, like repetition, to great effect.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Beautiful descriptive writing and an interesting story of the impacts if war but I do wonder if there was more to it I did not get.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
grotesque and raw - truly something else how David manages to fit so much in less than 150 pages
the duality & decent into madness is so obvious and beautifully tragic, i changed my review from 3.5 to 4 because it was my fault
this was best consumed in one sitting
but i spent so much time without reading it i lost track
upon rereading the first half i can see it now
the duality & decent into madness is so obvious and beautifully tragic, i changed my review from 3.5 to 4 because it was my fault
this was best consumed in one sitting
but i spent so much time without reading it i lost track
upon rereading the first half i can see it now
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail
Diop has written a classic; At Night All Blood Is Black is hypnotic in its repetitious prose, humanely violent in its depiction of trauma, and incredibly, compellingly, readable.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was a bit difficult for me to get into. It’s short, so I was surprised to see how repetitive it is. It was interesting to read from this perspective but the story was not as engaging as I expected. I don’t even know what genre to categorize this into! It started strong and ended strong, but lost me a bit in the middle.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
David Diop it takes the band of Brothers/surviving the horrors of war story device in a completely new direction.
He explores the demands of war. The way that a soldier’s asked to be hyper violent – an action that demands a certain amount of insanity – but to have some control and decorum over violence and insanity is meted out.
Can someone who has seen done and experienced what these men have returned to any type of normalcy?
The ending didn’t quite work for me, but the middle was amazing.
He explores the demands of war. The way that a soldier’s asked to be hyper violent – an action that demands a certain amount of insanity – but to have some control and decorum over violence and insanity is meted out.
Can someone who has seen done and experienced what these men have returned to any type of normalcy?
The ending didn’t quite work for me, but the middle was amazing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, War
Minor: Torture, Xenophobia
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail